Revised version submitted to ApJ A Preprint typ eset using L TEX style emulateap j v. 04/03/99 BAR - HALO FRICTION IN GALAXIES II: METASTABILITY J. A. Sellwood Rutgers University, Department of Physics Astronomy, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, ... .washington.edu arXiv:astro-ph/0511155v1 5 Nov 2005 Revised version submitted to ApJ ABSTRACT It is well-established that strong bars rotating in dense halos generally slow down as they lose angular momentum to the ... Fig. ... As the sim- 10 Fig. ...